Where Ideas grow
Rita Rocha
Post-Doc Researcher
PhD in Biochemistry at University of Coimbra

Selected Publications

Rocha R., Teixeira-Duarte C.M., Jorge J.M.P., Morais-Cabral J.H.,
Characterization of the molecular properties of KtrC, a second RCK domain that regulates a Ktr channel in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Structural Biology205(3):34-43, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 4] [IF: 3,8 (*)]
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.02.002 SCOPUS: 85061548530. .

Szollosi A., Vieira-Pires R.S., Teixeira-Duarte C.M., Rocha R., Morais-Cabral J.H.,
Dissecting the Molecular Mechanism of Nucleotide-Dependent Activation of the KtrAB K+ Transporter. PLoS Biology14(1):, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 7] [IF: 9,8]
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002356 SCOPUS: 84961353773. .

Rocha R., Pereira P.J.B., Santos M.A.S., Macedo-Ribeiro S.,
Unveiling the structural basis for translational ambiguity tolerance in a human fungal pathogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America108(34):14091-14096, 2011. [Journal: Article] [CI: 29] [IF: 9,7]
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102835108 SCOPUS: 80052182956. .

Miranda I., Silva-Dias A., Rocha R., Teixeira-Santos R., Coelho C., Gonçalves T., Santos M.A.S., Pina-Vaz C., Solis N.V., Filler S.G., Rodrigues A.G.,
Candida albicans CUG mistranslation is a mechanism to create cell surface variation. mBio4(4):, 2013. [Journal: Article] [CI: 43] [IF: 6,9]
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00285-13 SCOPUS: 84883429281. .